COVID-19
PhilHealth’s slow COVID claims processing
August 12, 2021
DOH wasn’t just underspending or spending wastefully — PhilHealth has also been helping too few and too slowly. Philhealth only paid for a fraction of 17.4 million COVID tests and over 100,000 hospitalizations since last year.
Lockdown gnawed at poorest families’ meager incomes
August 11, 2021
June labor force survey confirms economy not recovering despite reopening
August 3, 2021
The latest labor force survey (LFS) shows how far away the economy is from recovering without real fiscal stimulus. Job generation is hollow with a bloating informal sector and huge contraction in full-time work. These will worsen with the looming ECQ which will push millions of Filipinos into deeper economic distress.
Under Duterte: Least and lowest wage hikes in 35 years
August 1, 2021
IBON Executive Director on TRAIN and ayuda funds
July 31, 2021
IBON Executive Director on TRAIN and ayuda funds
IBON Executive Director Sonny Africa on ayuda and lockdowns
July 31, 2021
IBON Executive Director Sonny Africa on ayuda and lockdowns
Strong fiscal stimulus? Below average spending worsens in 2021, 2022
July 25, 2021
In the name of credit-worthiness, the Duterte administration increased its spending by only a bit, which is not at all commensurate to the enormity of the crisis at hand.
